Steam-radiator



(No Model.)

H. MOOERS'. Steam Radiator.

No. 234,419. Patented Nov. 16,1880.

inventor:

NVFETERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

I UNTTTD STATES PATENT @TFIGE.

HAZEN MOOEBS, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

STEAM-RADIATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,419, dated November 16, 1 880.

Application filed J une 21, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HAZEN Moons-s, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radiators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifloat-ion.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of radiators which are adapted to be used in front of or over ventilating lines through which exterior air is admitted to a dwelling.

Heretofore the current of exterior air has been allowed to flow directly and rapidly between the pipes and radiating-surfaces ot' the radiator unobstructed, and consequently it has not been sufficientl y heated before entering the room.

The object of my improvement is to arrest the direct rapid passage of the exterior air as it enters the dwelling and retain it longer in close proximity to the steam-heated surfaces of the radiator, thereby greatly increasing its temperature.

, My invention consists, substantially, in providing the front or upper surfaces of the radiating-pipes with partitions or circular walls which partially surround and are interlocked together between the respective pipes.

The radiator proper is constructed in the ordinary manner.

My invention is further explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a transverse section. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 represents a perspective of the partitions or curved walls removed from the radiator.

Like parts are represented by the same reference-letters throughout the several views.

A are steam-pipes. B are radiating-flan ges. G O O are the curved walls or partitions, which retard the currents of air as they pass (No model.)

between the pipes and divert them from the direct upward course above and around the pipes in the directions indicated by the arrows when they pass out through the openings D of the partitions.

The edges of each alternate section of the partitions are curved upward, substantially as shown, forming a trough or recess, E, for the reception of the next adjoining section, whereby the upward current of air is diverted toward the respective pipes and prevented from passing out between them.

Vhen the pipes of the radiator are in a horizontal position, as shown, the partitions are retained in their proper position around the pipes upon the peripheries of the flanges solely by their own gravity, and their edges are interlocked together, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

When the pipes are in a vertical position the partitions maybe secured to them by wires, bolts, or any convenient device which will retain them against the front or interior surfaces of the radiator.

Having thus described my invention, I do not claim the radiator, broadly, as 1 am aware it is not new. Neither do I confine my improvement to radiators of the peculiar construction shown.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The improvement in radiators herein described, consisting in the combination of the walls or partitions G C 0, respectively provided with one or more openings, D D D, having the lower edges of each alternate partition curved upward, forming a trough or recess, E, for the reception of the edge of the next adjoining section with the pipes A, said partitions being adapted to conform to the periphery 0f the radiating-surface and retard and divert the currents of air from a direct course around and above the pipes, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HAZEN MOOERS.

Witnesses JAS. B. ERWIN, W. J. SINNOTT. 

